EJS is a New York City-based real estate development and financing company that invests directly in real estate development opportunities across primary markets in the United States, with an emphasis on the New York metropolitan area.

By investing directly with proprietary capital, EJS is a) positioned to invest opportunistically, b) able to more fully mitigate development and execution risk and c) able to appropriately capitalize its projects to withstand volatile investment cycles.

Our readily available capital, project development expertise, creative and flexible structuring, and quick decision-making results in fast and reliable execution on complex, capital-intensive projects in locations with high barriers to entry.

EJS invests either as the project developer (EJS Development) or the project lender (EJS Credit) depending on market conditions.

EJS Development

EJS Development focuses on ground-up development and redevelopment of multifamily and mixed-use properties in the New York metropolitan area with a total development cost of $75 million – $500 million and a total project size of 40,000-500,000 buildable square feet. Learn More »

EJS Credit

EJS Credit provides first mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity capital for development projects, as well as bridge loans and land loans. In addition, EJS Credit is a purchaser of performing and non-performing loans. The firm has $200 million of committed capital and targets loans of $10 million – $50 million in the New York metropolitan area and other primary U.S. markets. Closing nearly $70 million of loans to-date, EJS Credit has a proven record of fast and reliable execution for its borrowers and lending partners. Learn More »